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- reas." a" ad WE TC Ws a! # he Bshpafo oa Baily Tones |: » YHE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER g: (Established 1871) in newspaper published every afternoon hi th Hc holidays, at ny, H 8. Tasty, Pros h Copan Tomid; | ify il is a member of the Canadian he C Canadian Daily Newspapers' Association, Provinen Badics and the Audit Bureau A "SUBSCRIPTION RATER: gered by carrier boy in Oshawa, 1 week, | in the Soutien of Di rham and {hie #08 year; elsewhere a oh $5.00 a year; United tes, a year, TORONTO OFFICE: Yeteok rie al, B. TCR renee MONDAY, JULY 25, 1927 PROBLEMS OF THE PEDESTRIAN long as road builders remain blind to the ous need of footpaths along: the country ways the slaughter of pedestrians in the country will continue and probably in- Pathless highways are to the open cowmtay what. husy street intersections are to the, city, Those who walk on travelled rouse, especially at night, take their lives in their 'hands, even though both pedestrian and motor- ist exercise extreme care, The weaving auto- mébiles and trucks are death traps for unfor- tunate foot travellers, One driver distracted by '*other vehicles or blinded by the glare of headlights may mean death for one or several petlestrians, It is easy to say motor highways are no place for persons on foot, Not all walkers are on pleasure bent, but even so they have as much ght to the roadway as the motorist where no ger footway has been provided. Danger lurks pre nature's beauties formerly lured the kling hiker, fas public enthusiasm for motor roads ded governments to the rights and welfare ithe pedestrian? Improved highways are es- sefit™y) to modern transportation, but safety for glestrians is quite as vital. t comparatively small cost footpaths could bdilbuilt along every heavily-travelled highway pnd the expenditure of public funds for this PUR nse would meet with even more widespread ' NEW DISEASES i:fhe layman who has time to be curious must e often wondered what people had before 'had appendicitis. For appendicitis seems a modern disease. In the eighteenth cen- people died of old age, and cancer, and umonia, and "consumption," but apparently of appendicitis, If they did, it was probably Bs 8 mysterious malady, and vaguely 'stomach trouble," In the latter part of nineteenth century, when surgery became e scientific, appendicitis came into vogue. ow comes Sir Arthur Keith, distinguished h scientist, and declares that in his opin- ion" there are certain disorders which are the prodpcts of a changed civilization. We do not Jive as our forefathers lived. They spent little timejin factories and offices; they were not crowded together; they got more fresh air and more exercise of a healthful sort. We have learsied to live in cities, and go about in motor cars; Our bodies have adapted themselves re- markably to this changed life, but apparently certdin diseases develop which before this age were. rare. ) these diseases, no doubt, there is ap- itis. An investigation several years ago discgvered that the Negro race is almost im- mung to appendicitis; is that because it is more Aecufiomed to bard outdoor labour? Sir Arthur's theory is correct, we shall i do away with doctors, for as fast as they old diseases, our changing civilization will breed new ones. So there is no reason for students to become discouraged. | ATTRACTIVE ROAD MARKERS s, there is likely to come about a sug- that even the essential road sign be madg more attractive than they have been in prong. sts south of the border last year was sed by the attractiveness of the Forest signs. They were small, yet clearly for easy reading. ln addition to the pitering, every sign bore the diminutive pe re of an evergreen tree, symbol of the for- were Shere to guide the passerby when he needed direction, to warn him of danger and to enlist his interest in five prevention. . Yet they were harmonious and pleasing to the eye. Is there any reason why necessary road signs outside of national forests should be less neat, unobtrusive, and attractive? WINNING OF THE WEST "Phe winning of the west" is being written anew in the Black Hills of South Dakota, with twa. score or more intrepid newspaper corres- pondents collaborating. From the typewriters of these exiled newspaper men is coming a great 'political drama. Kach chapter is more thrilling than the last, but, regardless of the perils that beset the hero, virtue will triumph in the end. It is an inspiring setting in which the chron- iclers work, The wild and rugged Black Hills country furnishes the necessary background for such a tale. One may, without taxing the im- agination, invent harrowing situations with which to beset the hero and thrilling rescues are possible without extended flights of fancy. Calvin Coolidge, the pioneer from the Ver- mont hills, in the role of the invincible hero, has eluded the villain, has scorned the law of the land by fishing with worms instead of arti- ficial flies and got away with it, has smoked the pipe of peace with the redskins and made peace with the country editors, to say nothing of having his valet cut his hair on the front porch in full view of tourists. Kven the writ- ers of his great drama marvel at his ingenuity. Strangely, there are those who take the situation with a considerable degree of serious- ness. They are the ones who would have evil conquer over good, They charge our hero with an ulterior motive in the choice of location for his daring deeds and fear he will succeed in stilling the voice of farm-belt opposition. They are disturbed by the warm reception our hero has received from the farmers and by the fact that his camp has become a shrine to which loyalty-pledging party leaders are making pil- grimages. They hope the tale will suffer from an anti- climax, that the early pace is too swift to be maintained unto the end. . RIDE A STRANGE PEGASUS Poets are often unconventional, At least one --Villon--was a vagabond and thief. Always they are emotional, or at least sentimental. Even Byron confined his belligerency to fighting for emancipation of the Greeks. One cannot imagine the gentle Keats or the impetuous Shelley or the nature-loving Words- worth arguing the merits of a literary com-: position with six-shooters, nor with the more romantic smallsword. Walt Whitman was "the good gray poet." 'Fhan Longfellow and Whit- tier no gentler mortals ever lived, One must conclude that the Pierian Springs from which versifiers of Latin blood sip their inspiration contain more kick than do the northern hemisphere variety. The ballad mak- ers of Paris to this day settle their petty affairs of honour by snapping toy pistols at each other outside the city gates in the full of the moon, and that Italian rhymist, D'Annunzio, is never content unless he has a pen in one hand and a sword in the other. Of all the North American bards only Poe displayed a militant disposition and most of his was for artistic effect. North America's Nordic troubadors have acquired a repuation for clean writing and right living. Was there ever a line from the poetic pen of Eddie Guest or of the Hoosier poet, Riley, which it would not be permissible to read before the most proper literary society ? EDITORIAL NOTES 4 Sidewalks are hard on the bead. Staging a comeback is seldom a pleasant trip. Hunt the brighter side. The present never Jasts. It is easy to 20 to sleep when it is time to get up. One thing worse than being bothered is be- ing ignored. Bit of Verse RAIN IN SUMMER Listen to the rain drops patter As they softly fall On heated roof and dusty street, Bringing health to all. Flowers that have drooped their heads Now mew life receive, Toilers that have weary grown Now the fresh air breathe. How cool and balmy is the air After the rain is over, * Clear the song of merry birds, » Sweet the scent of clover. ne --R, J. W. THE OSHAWA. a ' ACA North Oshawa, July 25. -- The Sun- day school picnic was held on Wednes- day in Dennis' Grove. The weather was ideal and there was a good at- udance. The Sports Committee were diss Annie Taylor, Miss Esther Den- nis, Mr. Nathan Knox. The result of the races were as follows: Ist Cradle Roll, all little tots got a prize of a cone. Primary Girls footrace. 1 Gladys Woolley. 2 Verna Fice; 3 Frances Phillips. Friary boys--1 Ray Stock; 2 Bob Heaslip; 3 Leo Moffatt. Boys, 8 to 12 boot races--1 Everette Pogson; 2 Harold 'Woolley; 3 Albert Phillips. Girls, 8 to 12 -- Potato race. 1 Mar garet Hamilton; 2 Evelyn Meyer; 3 May Meyer. Young ladies' peanut race. -- 1 Min nie Lyons; 2 Gertie Fice; 3 Irene Par- ker. Ladies' straight race -- 1 Mrs. Ly Hing 2 Mrs. J. MeNally; 3 Mrs. Phil- ips Mrs. Gibson of Peterboro is visiting with Mrs. Dan Jack. Supper was served at 5.15 with the {little tots being served first, and con~ | tinued until all had been served. Af- [ter supper softhall and football was played. The married men played the single men. The sing le men beat the married ones 12-0. A happy time was enjoyed by all. Mrs. Victor Ireland, of Oshawa spent the day with Mrs. Will Powell and attended the picnic. Miss Madge Bateman of Toronto, is visiting her aunt and uncle, Mr, and { Mrs. Fred Bateman, for a week Mrs. Harrold Jollow of Oshawa visit ced with Mrs. Charlie Jollow and at tended the Sunday school picnic Wed nesday. Miss Marjorie Aston of Oshawa is spending a few days with the Hamil- ton girls. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moffatt and children spent Sunday with her bro ther, Mr. A. Rahme, at Birketon. Mrs. Gi. Rahme of Enfield visited WHAT OTHERS SAY HORSE- AND- BUGGY DAYS (San Francisco Chronicle) Fewer people were killed in horse- and-buggy days. But there weren't twenty million horses and buggies dashing about. THROUGH A TELESCOPE (Dearborn Independent) With the largest world telescope on Mt. Wilson, California, man looks tril lions of miles into space. He is able to see stars separated from him by the distance light could not travel in 45 years. Light travels 5800,000,000,000 miles in one year, He sces that the "dust" in the Milky Way consists of millions of suns, each with its family of planets rotating around it. That Body of : Pours By Jems W, Berton, MAD Overweight and Underweight Why are our health writers advis ing one half the folks in the world to cat more food, and the other half to cat Jess? Simply because in normal individu- als their bodies are just what the food makes them. Young folks are advised to eat be cause in addition to the need of food for animal heat, that is to keep the vital processes going, there is the nee of extra food to promote growth. Any lack of food means that at the most nportant age, the growing age, the body is not getting sufficient food to build up strong tissues. Hence statis- tics are showing that more of our young girls are de veloping tuberculo sis, than when the "slim" fashion was not in vogue. However as mentioned before, "slimness" is going out of fa- shion and that will correct this condi- tion. But what about our overweight folks of middle age? tells us that diabetes is very often the penalty that is paid by our overweight folks, because of their overeating and underexercising. It would seem that some individuals can cut sugars and starchy foods with no particular increase in weight, oth- ers will put on a few extra pounds, possibly five to ten, whilst others, on the same diet and exercise exactly, will increase their weight by thirty to fifty pounds. Why ? Simply because of the way the blood will "tolerate™the amount of sugar within at. Some stout folks show no sugar in the urine after taking a teaspoonful of cane sugar on an empty stomach. Ak 50 the amount of sugar in the blood becomes normal again within an hor or two. Where the urine shows a trace of sugar or more, and where the sugar in the blood takes more than a couple of hours to get back to normal after taking above amount of sugar, then it as felt that there is a tendency to diabetes. However where the individual will reduce his weight by a few pounds it has been found that there is no sugar mm the urine after the test, and that the sugar in the blood comes 10 a nor- mal devel in two hours or fess. And after all it is only reasonable that a muddle aged overweight person, who has attained his growth, and is doing little physical work, can usually cut down his food intake by 15 to 25 nercent, with benefit to his health, and thus possibly prevent diabetes. with Misses Irene and Madeline Val- TIMES, MONDAY, Ju 25, 1927 lant and attended the Sunday school picnic. Miss Beryl Drinkle is spending part of her vacation with Margaret and Geraldine Tattersall. Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Tattersall mo- tored to Kendall Sunday and visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoy, and other relatives. Residents were shocked to learn of the death of Mr. Arthur Hoar. Mr. Hoar has had two operations for ap- pendicitis but his life could not be saved and he passed away on Wed- nesday in the Oshawa General Hospi tal. Besides his sorrowing wife he leaves four children, Our deepest sympathy is extended the bereaved family. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hop- kins, at 5780 Cooper Avenue, Detroit, Mich. (formerly Hazel Glover of North Oshawa) on July 18th a son Con- | sratulations. ENNISKILLEN Enniskillen, July 25. Visitors: - Rev. Zand Mrs. Young, Hornell, N.Y., Mrs. 1. Dobson, Toronto, Mr. and Mrs Milton Werry, Oshawa, at Mrs. H. | Werry's on Monday. Master John and Miss Jean Moore, Toronto, are holidaying with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, Jabez Moore. Miss Luella Stevens, danghter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stevens, who has heen on the office staff of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Bowmanville, for the past two years, has accepted a position with A, J Parkhill, Barrister, Oshawa. Before leaving she was presented with a hand- some club hag by the office staff. Mr. James Bradley has purchased a Star sedan from Mr. George Reid Owing "to heavy rains and extended damp weather, haying is generally de- aced layed and much hay greatly dan Extends Time for Entrants In Jubilee Collection Contest For South Ontario te Aug. 18 Dr, T. E. Kaiser, M.P., Makes | Announcement in Order That Every Young Person in Riding Up to 20 Years of Age May Have Chance to Take Part -- Collections to Consist of Scrap Books Containing Articles on the Jubilee Dr. T. E. Kaiser, M.P., announces that he has extended the time for re- ceiving the names of entrants for the Jubilee Collection Contest to August 15, in order that everv young person in South Ontario riding. un to 20 years of age, may have a chance to partici- pate. Collections are to consist of scrap books in which articles referring to | Canada's Diamond Jubilee in any way or to be arranged. These scrap books may be accompanied, as the entrants deem best, by collections of magazines and newspapers which devoted entire issues to the Jubilee Celebration. All those intending to enter the con- test must have their names entered by August 15, and their collections in the hands of Science Master lL. Steven- son of the Oshawa Collegiate Institute one week before the opening of Fall Fair at Alexandra Park, this city. Mr. Stevenson has consented to go over the material and select the best col- lections which will be on exhibition at the Oshawa lair. A first prize of $10.00 and a second prize of $5.00 will be awarded at the fair. Dr. Kaiser is leaving for his vaca- tion soon, and asks that all who wish to enter send their names in to The Oshawa Daily Times. "Aside from the worize involved in this contest," Dr. Kaiser states, "no child or youth in this district can help but receive invaluable benefit from making. such a collection. "Afranging a scrap book on this great subject of Canada's Diamond Jubilee--which can be as wide as the collector desires to make it--will show how valuable such special studies are in storing the mind with vital know- ledge" The prizes will be awarded on the basis of merit only. The winning col- lection may be the smallest, but it can: be the largest." Those still desiring to enter should send their names in with- out delay. tame a------ BANK OF ENGLAND HAS IMPREGNABLE VAULTS London, July22. -- Although workmen engaged on the new um- derground vaults of the Bank of England, where all of Great Bri- tain's gold reserve will rest, are guarded from prying eyes by arm- ed policemen, some details have leaked out regarding what is said to be the world's hardest job of safe cracking. Underneath the present bank concrete walls fifty feet deep and seven feet eight inches thick. If somebody with fenonious inten- tions were to tunnel through these: he would come into a passage pa- trolled by guards and protected hy every known alarm system around all four sides of the treasue. Once in this passage way the eracksman would have to cut through double grills of steel. The next step approaching the swag of several hundrds of millions of dollars in gold would be to cut through doors of solid steel weigh- ing 24 tons each. This would take, oxy-acetylene drills, in the hands of experts at least three days. Thee doors can 'he swung with light pressure of one hand, if they are open. When they are locked it is different. Do You Own Your Own Home REAL ESTATE | Homes built to spit purchasers, | R. M. KELLY 610 Simeoe St, 1663W "hone Real Estate Insurance : hid a CUTLER & PRESTON 64 King St. W. Feleph. 572 Look at This! TEN ROOM HOUSE Two bathrooms, garage for three cars, payed street, five minutes' walk from G.M.C., a wonderful boarding house. Owper retiring from business. Exclusive agents, Horton and French | Phone J207W. Price only $5,000. Terms. One of our life insurance directors |! LOWEST Sakai ivrsiasd and delivers PRICES Copper Store Front work a specialty DELIVERY PROMPT SERVICE Dwr estimator will call and estimate your job Mi Medici Cabsi- mets, Swecial Woodwork of all descriptions. Telephones 1210--1211 WE PHILUPS COMPANY UMITED ONTARIO. 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